US under Trump Series: President Trump picks up fight with Germany over NATO payments
Mar 20, 2017 05:35 am UTC| Commentary
Throughout his Presidential campaign, Donald Trump has been critical of NATO, calling it obsolete and unfair. He said that NATO agenda does not include fighting against terrorism and many of its members are not keeping to...
Can Silicon Valley's autocrats save democracy?
Mar 20, 2017 01:54 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
In late February, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg published an essay that laid out the social networks vision for the coming years. The 5,700-word document, immediately dubbed a manifesto, was his most...
US under Trump Series: Budget proposals of President Trump
Mar 17, 2017 11:33 am UTC| Commentary Economy
US President Donald Trump released his budget proposals for 2018 and it looks just as he said it might. Among $3.9 trillion US budget, only 27 percent or about $1.1 trillion is under discretionary segment and rest is...
What's the purpose of President Trump's Navy?
Mar 14, 2017 07:21 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
President Trump visited Newport News at the beginning of March to deliver a speech aboard the soon-to-be commissioned USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier. It provided a timely reminder of his campaign pledge that he would...
US under Trump Series: Trump failed to clarify strategy on Assad
Mar 13, 2017 08:31 am UTC| Commentary
Speaking to the Fox and Friends last month, US President Donald Trump gave himself a C when it comes to effective communication. He has probably judged himself right as his government has so far failed to send a clear...
US under Trump Series: Trump failed to clarify strategy on Assad
Mar 13, 2017 08:31 am UTC| Commentary
Speaking to the Fox and Friends last month, US President Donald Trump gave himself a C when it comes to effective communication. He has probably judged himself right as his government has so far failed to send a clear...
US under Trump Series: Glass-Steagall Act on the table
Mar 10, 2017 08:15 am UTC| Commentary Economy
In 1933, in the wake of 1929 great depression and during nationwide commercial bank failures, the United States congress introduced a new act, known as the Glass-Steagal Act (GSA) of 1933, which separates investment and...
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Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
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